Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Pepperonis and pizza parlors provide Joe Rosen with a little dough . Pizza Hut is one of many pizza places around the Quad-Cities. Photo by M. Townsend. 13L-... Amidst aisles of kleenex and aluminum foil, Scott McMullen stocks up the shelves with an eye for price. Photo by M. Townsend. Stacks of socks and piles of shoe polish hint of another sales opportunity. Larry Lucas waits for his next customer at Regal Shoes in Southpark. Photo by M. Kane. 28

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nn msiDE look Throughout the school year, the weeks progressed in endless mediocrity, melt- ing into a blur which, in decades to come, will fondly be remembered as the good old days . Each day, the span of time between the first and last bells could have been complete agony without a little reminder that there was life outside of Algebra. Many stu- dents discovered a place to regain their sanity amidst the bustling of an end- less school day. Upon opening the locker, pictures of rock and roll groups, sex symbols, comics, and ath- letes jumped out at and revitalized the weary student. Why did a girl plaster her locker from top to bottom with photos of gorgeous men or a guy spice up his locker with beer slogans and athletic pictures? Anything to add a little color to the lifeless metal in the basement or add some life to the grey wood on the sec- ond floor. Pin-ups were not the only adornment for a locker. Memo boards were used to write notes to friends or quickly jot down homework assignments between classes. The most memorable morning of the school year had to be the day when students dragged themselves to school with their key clutched between their fingers only to find a little round ob- ject obstructing the passage to the nec- essary supplies for the day. After a trip to the office and arriving late to first period, the problem of mastering the silver padlock was soon solved. From the very first day, students felt a need to make their locker into a work of art. And on the very last day when it was time to clean out the locker, students relived the fine memories that their oblong crate of the past year se- curely harbored for them. The great pastimes of students include skiing and cute guys. Suzanne Solomon also finds room to display advertisements for beverages. Photo by M. Bennett. Plastered with smiling faces of the latest teen idols, Annette Remley's locker door gives pas- serby's a hint of her tastes in men. Photo by M. Bennett. Student Life Lockers 27

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THE PUSH TO WORK Up at 6:00 each morning, school from 8-12, and a job for up to 8 hours after that seemed to be the latest trend. The working mothers of the 70's were be- ing replaced by the working students of the 80's! The number of students who worked a part or full time job had been greatly on the increase, and in a poll taken by the Blackhawk newspaper, a whopping 65% of the students polled held a job. That percentage created an economic flow of 6 million dollars a year for only one student body. Why this sudden push for a job and MONEY? It's become a part of our society that kids are supporting them- selves a lot more, even if their parents are well off, explained Tom Buis. Since there's more of a push to have a good job, school has been pushed to the background. The trend became more obvious; the use of classes as a babysitter was no longer plausible for students. The need for experience and a touch of the real world where classroom knowledge could be applied was valued as being necessary. Some students used high school to gain on-the-job learning through Co-op programs. The learn- ing-working experience was helpful when college wasn't in future plans. More traditionally, jobs were some- times dreaded and whether because of the customers or fellow employees, the hours were put up with. Once every two weeks, that slip of paper with the words Pay To The Order Of made all those hours of sacrifice and sweat worthwhile. Maria Roslansky and Scott McMullen are examples of these more traditional job holders. For Maria, her job at Garb-Age supplied the necessary dol- lars, and as she said, I like the clothes and other benefits. Scott works as a stock boy at Walgreen's, a job which he doesn't plan on making his career. I work mostly for the money. The two types of working students; the traditional and the new part time student; working for money, the bene- fits, and much more. Floor-to-ceiling garbage cans arc filled with den- im styles by Maria Roslansky. Clothing stores like Garb-Age attract many prospective sales people. Photo by S. Ketekaar. Fast-food restaurants offer many students a part- time job. Tom Pullella takes an order at Har- dee's. Photo by S. Ketelaar. Student Life Jobs 19